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No. 752,480. r PATENTED FEB. 16, 1904.

- L. TABAK & G. S. CHAMPION.

SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR COATS, HATS, UMBBELLAS, 1&0. 7

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UNITED STATES I Patented February 16, 1904..

PATENT OFF CE.

OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,

OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

ASSIGNORS TO JOSEPH I MAHL,

SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR COATS, HATS, UIVIBRELLAS, 800.

SPEGIFIGATIONformingpart of Letters Patent No. 752,480, dated February 16, 1904.

Application filed March 1, 1902.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LEOPOLD TABAK,aSulO- ject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York, and CHARLES S. CHAMPION, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supporting Devices for Coats, Hats, Umbrellas, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a supporting device for coats, hats, umbrellas, and similar articles, and especially to a safety device of this class for supporting such articles and locking themin place in such a manner that they cannot be removed from the supporting device until such device is unlocked.

In carrying out our invention we prefer to make use of a safety device of this character the key to which will be under the control of the person whose effects are supported and locked in place by the device, although this key may be retained by an attendant, if desired.

Our invention is especially designed and intended, however, to be controlled solely by the individual whose effects are supported by our improved safety device during the time that such device is used by him, and in order to guard the property of the person using the device and at the same time assure the payment of a suitable toll for the use of the device each of our safety-hooks will preferably be unlocked by an individual key incapable of unlocking any other device in a series or rack, and each will also be so constructed as to be unlocked only on the manipulation of the proper individual key and the deposit of a suitable coin.

Other features of our invention not hereinbefore referred to will be hereinafter described and are clearly illustrated in the accompanyings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a safety device for holding and locking coats, hats, umbrellas, &c., in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, the section being taken in the line 2 2 Serial No. 96,293. (No model.)

of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a sectional front elevation, the section being taken in the rear of the front plate. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 4 4, Fig. 1.

' Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures of the drawings,

In carrying this invention into effect we make use of a pair of cooperative holding and looking members, one of which is movable with respect to the other and both of which are supported by a suitable casing in such a manner that the movable locking member can only be released by means of a key inserted in a key-slot in one of the walls of the casing and by the deposit of a coin in a coin-slot, also formed in the wall of said casing' For the purpose of supporting a c0at,hat, or similar article the two 00- operative holding and locking members may be an ordinary hook, such as 2, an overhanging arm or guard,such as 3,terminating at its outer end in a head or button 3, which may be protected by a rubber shield, such as 4, in order to prevent injury to a hat held thereby and may seat itself in a cup-shaped portion or socket 2 of the fixed hook 2. The arm 3 is in this case crooked and extended to form a long slide,which may be integral with the arm 3 and constitutes therewith the main locking device for securing hats, coats, &c., in place.

The fixed coat-hook 2 may be formed integral or secured to the main portion 5 of the casing for inclosing the various movable con-* trolling parts of the device, and the coatlocking device or slide 3 3" may be mounted for reciprocation in said casing, the slide 3 passing through a guide 5' in the upper end of the main member 5 of the casing and being mounted to move in close proximity to the inner forward wall of the casing. Suitable guides, such as 7 and 7', may be provided near the center portion of the slide 3", one of these being a slot and the other one a guide-screw set into the forward wall of the casing 5, near the center thereof. At its lower end the slide.

end of the slide 3", against which one end of a spring, such as 9, may rest, while the other end of the spring may be in engagement with a stop 10, also preferably formed integral with the forward wall of the casing, this stop being properly bored to permit the reduced portion 3 of the slide to move therethrough. When the slide 3 is lowered, it will be evident that the spring 9 will be put under compression, and if the slide is released again said spring will force the slide upward to the limit of its movement.

For the purpose of holding the locking device in its locked position we prefer to employ in connection with the slide 3" one or more detents controlled either by a key or conjointly by a key' and a coin. Here two detents are shown, and these may be the usual holding or locking pawls, one of them being designated by 11 and being a spring-pressed pawl, while the other (designated by 12) is a gravity-pawl. The main pawl may be mounted on a suitable pivot, such as a screw 13, on the inner forward wall of the casing and may be normally held in engagement with a locking-notch 14 in one side of the slide 3 by means of a spring 11. the pawl 12 may engage a locking-notch 15 in the opposite side of the slide 3"; but the pawl 12 is preferably smaller than that shown at 11 and is more easily released from engagment with the wall of its locking-notch 15. In this construction the pawl 12 is mounted on a pivot 16 of considerable length and has a long hub 12 with a depending counterweight 12" ending in an operating-arm or tailpiece 12, which may be a thin plate secured to the weighted arm 12.- This tailpiece extends under the outlet end of the coin-passage and is intended to be operated by a coin in the manner-hereinafter to be described.

The detent or pawl 11 is key-controlled and is intended to be released from the slide 3 by a lock-bolt operated by an individual key. A lock of any suitable type may be employed, one suitable for the purpose being indicated herein at 17 and its key by 18. One side of the casing member 5 has therein a key-slot 18, through which the key 18 may be inserted into a lock 17, this being fastened to the adjacent inner wall of the casing. The bolt of the lock 17 in this construction moves back and forth in a vertical direction lengthwise of the casing and preferably has its forward end undercut and obliquely slotted, this slot beingdesignated by 17 while the extreme end of the lockbolt cooperates directly with the main detent or pawl 11, this pawl having an oblique face 11 for the purpose of obtaining a cam action between the lock-bolt and the pawl and assuring the turning of the pawl to release it from the look-notch of the slide 3". When the key is inserted and the lock-bolt forced outward and upward from the lock, one of the two locking-detentsto wit, the main the turning of the key 18.

. be impossible. treme upper end preferably works in a guideway formed between the side wall of the casing and the guide 24:, this guide serving to prevent the forcing in of the guard-plate and con- In a similar manner detent 11will therefore be released. At the same time the lock-bolt may operate another device for the purpose of. permitting the holder of the key to insert a coin and release the other detent, 12. In this construction the casing 5 has near the top thereof and at one side a coin-slot 20, normally closed by a guard, which may be in the form of a plate 21, pivoted at 22 and having at its short end a pin 23, adapted to work in the oblique slot 17 in the lock-bolt and be shifted thereby to uncover the opening 20 when such bolt is projected by Owing to this operation of the guard-plate 21, it will be seen that the slot 20'will always be covered by the plate 21 until the proper key is manipulated,

and hence the actuation of the pawl 12 and the consequent releaseof the slide 3 by any person other than the one holding the individual key corresponding to the lock 17 will The guard-plate 21 at its exsequent release of the pawl 12 by a coin only.

The coin-slot'20 is located at the outer end of the coin-passage, which in this case may be formed by the rear wall 6 of the casing and by a channeled plate 25, the channel of which 5 is located at the side thereof adjacent to said rear wall 6, said channel, which is designated by 25, being in cross-section slightly larger than the cross-section of the coin intended to pass therethrough. This plate 25 is preferably screwed to the plate 6, as shown at 26, and lies diagonally across the same, the mouth of the coin-passage formed between said plate 25 and the rear wall 6 of the casing being immediately above the tailpiece 12 of the pawl 12. After the key 18 has been manipulated to turn the guard-plate 21 and uncover the slot 20 the proper coin may be inserted, and as it emerges from the inner end of the coinpassage 25' said coin will strike the tailpiece 12 a sharp blow and release the pawl 12, whereuponthe spring 9 will immediately raise the slide 3 and release the locking-arm 3 from the fixed hook 2. A coin-receptacle, such as 27, may be suitably supported under the mouth of the coin-passage 25, it being supported on the bottomof the casing 5 adjacent to the rear wall 6. This receptacle may be of any desired shape and maybe made of metal, cloth, or other suitable material.

The two parts 5 and 6 of the casing are intended to be connected in such a manner that they can only be opened and the contents of the coin-receptacle removed by one having charge of our lmproved supportlng device or safety-rack, it, being understood that a series together substantially in the manner shown. Here the plate 6 has at its upper end a locking-slot 6, closed at both of its ends and opening downward, this slot being formed by turning down the upper edge of the plate 6 and crimping the ends of the turned-down portion to bring them into contact with the main portion of the plate 6. The main portion of the casing has at its extreme upper end a projection or tongue 5", which fits into the slot or groove 6 to lock the upper ends of these two parts of the casing together. At the lower ends thereof the parts 5 and 6 are preferably held together by a lock-bolt forming part of a lock 30, which may be secured to the lower end of the plate 6, the part 5 having in this case a keeper 31, slotted to receive the bolt of the lock 30. The lock 17 may alsobe controlled by a master-key, similar to the key shown at 18, but common to all of the locks 17 of a series, and this master-key or a difiierent key may be retained by the person in charge of the series of safety devices, while the same key or a separate key may be employed to operate the lock 30.

Ourimproved supporting device may also embody an umbrellalocking device, which in this construction consists of apair of umbrellaholding arms 32 and 33, the former of which may be integral with the casing 5, while the latter may be movable and may be formed integral with a squared locking spindle 34, working in a correspondingly-squared bore in a guide 35, integral with the casing 5 and pro-- jecting a short distance outside the same; This locking-spindle has in its upper side, near its inner end, a series of locking-notches 34:, into any one of which the lower end of the reduced portion 3' of the slide 3" may be insorted to lock the movable coat-locking device and the movable member of the umbrellaholding device directly together. It will be seen that when the slide is in its lowermost or looking position the umbrella-holding device will also be locked. A stop-pin, such as 36, may be provided to prevent withdrawal of the locking-spindle 34 from the casing, and the extreme end of the umbrella gripped between the two arms 32 and 33 may engage an umbrella-stop, such'as 37 which maybe cast in one piece with the casing 5 and is preferably concavedon its under side to hold the top of the umbrella-handle securely.

At some suitable pointas, for example, on the outer end of the spindle 3 Lone end of a chain 40 may be secured and the other end may terminate in a ring 41,. which may be placed over and caused to encircle an auxiliary fixed arm 2 of the fixed coat-hook 2, and an adjacent portion of the overhanging locking-ar'm 3 may cooperate therewith to prevent withdrawal of the chain from the arm 2". Here the arm 3 has thereon a depending socket 42, adapted to fit over the arm 2" and prevent the withdrawal of the chain from said.

arm until the parts have properly unlocked, as hereinbefore described. be inserted through the sleeve of a coat or other garment and constitutes an additional safeguard for preventing the removal of a coat by any one other than the holder of the key corresponding to the supporting device.

Normally all of the parts are unlocked, and when a hat, coat, or umbrella, or all of these, are hung up on the device the arm 3 is drawn down and the spindle 34L pushed in, the movement of the slide 3 serving to put the spring 9 under compression and also to lock the spindle 34 to said slide. On the release of the key-controlled and coin-controlled pawls 11 and 12 successively the slide and the movable arm 3 will be raised instantaneously by their automatic actuating means-that is, by the spring 9when the articles supported on venting the removal of such articles except by v the owners thereof or by an attendant.

What we claim is- 1. In a supporting device of the class specified, the combination with a pair of cooperative holding and locking members one of which is movable toward and from the other, of a casing through which said movable member projects, acoin-slot in said casing, a key-controlled slot-closing guard, and coin-controlled means for releasing said movable member.

2. In a supporting device-of the class specified, the combination with apair of cooperative holding and locking members one of which is movable toward and from the other, of a casing through which said movable member projects, a coin-slot in said casing, a key-operated guard-plate normally closing said slot and shiftable away from the same, and coincontrolled means for releasing said movable member.

3. In a supporting device of the class specified, the combination with a pair of cooperative holding and locking members one of which is movable toward and from theother, of a casing through which said movable member projects, a coin-slot in said casing, a key-controlled slot-closing guard, and key-controlled and coin-controlled means for releasing said movable member.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 27th day of February, A. D. 1902.

. LEOPOLD TABAK.

. CHARLES S. CHAMPION.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH MAHL,

DAVID KORNBLUEH.

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